SINCE beginning work on the Mitchels Regeneration Project in 2008, Kerry County Council has overseen huge changes in the area. Catching the eye in recent weeks has been the two houses that are nearing completion at the entrance to Mitchels Road across from the grotto. It is hoped new tenants will be in these two […]

AN Ardfert lady is the latest person to drive off with a brand new car courtesy of the Tralee Credit Union members car draw. There was great excitement outside Tralee Credit Union as the latest car draw winner, Mary Jeffers, picked the keys to a brand new Nissan Pulsar. Mary was […]

BALLYSEEDY Home and Gardens has been very busy lately as they get set to hold their annual Family Fun Weekend in aid of Down Syndrome Kerry, taking place on April 16 and 17. The weekend will kick start on Saturday as cyclists from the Tour de Munster will head off […]

  KERRY County Council has welcomed the findings of a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency which has found the quality of all identified bathing waters in Kerry to be of excellent quality. Kerry is one of only three local authority areas in the country where all designated bathing areas […]

A FAMOUS Dingle hostelry is appealing to the public to help retrieve an antique clock that has hung in the bar for years. The famous Dick Macks pub was the scene of a theft on Saturday night where it’s believed a stag party stole a clock from the pub that dates back […]

KERRY’s dual county status could be cemented following the announcement that Kingdom players have won both the GAA.ie Hurling and Football Player of the Week honours. Firing 1-9 for Kerry in the ten point beating of Laois on Saturday,  Shane Nolan, wins hurler of the week coming away with 51% […]

  AS part of the Kerry 1916 Centenary Commemorations, a ceremony will be held in Knightstown, Valentia on Sunday,  April 17 to mark the role of local brothers Timothy and Eugene Ring and their cousin, Rosalie Rice in the Easter Rising of 1916. Timothy and Eugene Ring worked at the […]

THE Brothers Pearse Club (Cnoc na hEaglaise) Quiz Team finished in 2nd place in the Senior Scór All-Ireland final, which took place in ‘The Gleneagle’, Killarney, last Saturday, April 2. The Churchill lads scored 68 out of 80, which was great scoring/answering, but they were pipped by the Offaly team […]

THE Kerry Joint Policing Committee met on Monday to agree its Annual Plan for 2016 as well as a Six Year Strategy for the committee for the years ahead. The JPC is a forum for consultations, recommendations and discussions on matters affecting policing of the Kerry Division of An Garda Síochána. […]

A TRALEE man was instrumental in breaking the international ‘Panama Papers’ story, of how the world’s rich and powerful allegedly were involved in complex financial arrangements to hide their assets from taxes. Gerard Ryle is at the helm of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which headed up the research and reported on offshore account […]

THERE’S still time to vote for Kerry’s Shane Nolan as GAA.ie’s Hurling Player of the Week. The Crotta O’Neill’s man was instrumental in Kerry’s great victory over Laois on Saturday and has been recognised by being included with Cork’s Conor Lehane and Tipperary’s John McGrath in the nominations. Nolan hit […]

KERRY will do battle against Roscommon in the Allianz National League Semi-Final this Sunday in Croke Park at 2pm. The match acts as the opener of the double bill as the other semi-final between Dublin and Donegal throws in at 4pm (Buy tickets here) Tickets will be €20 on match day, but are €15 […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at Kerry’s National League campaign thus far and says there is a lot to be positive about… 1. Extra game(s) could be vital  If Kerry did not advance to the Allianz National League semi-final they would have been looking at a ten week lay-off with no competitive […]

ADAMS of Tralee Ltd, the Mazda and Hyundai dealership in Tralee, has won the Carzone.ie sponsorship for their chosen local sports team, the Causeway GAA Hurling Club. The lucky club recently received the sponsored kit, which consists of a set of branded jerseys and a new large gear bag for each […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are looking to reunite lost mobile phones with their owners. An iPhone 4 light green in colour, with an ‘M’ on the rear of the phone was found in the Town Park in the past week. Also a black Samsung smartphone found in the Mounthawk area. If […]

A MAJOR revamp of the Canal Walkway between Tralee and Blennerville is to get underway on Monday next, April 11. Upgrading works on the very popular amenity route will include the resurfacing of the walkway along the canal to create a shared cycleway and walkway with new public lighting and landscaping […]

YOUNG girls aged 6-10 from all over Ireland are being invited to enter the selection process to find 67 Rose Buds for this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival which will take place from 17-23 August. There’s more to the Rose of Tralee than being a Rose or a Rose […]

Kerry 0-20 Cork 1-12 A SUNNY day in every way for Kerry, as they beat old foes Cork in Tralee this afternoon. But they made heavy weather of it for a while! Cork are now relegated and Kerry head for the semis in Croke Park. Kerry flew out of the traps […]

  SEANAD Éireann is set for a ‘Micktatorship’ should Emergency Medicine Consultant, Dr Mick Molloy, succeed in his bid to be elected as an Independent Senator to the NUI Panel. He has presented the voters in his constituency with a four-point plan for bringing about change: • Protect the Education […]

HOLLYWOOD actor, Dominic West, was the main attraction at Scoil Iosagain in Ballybunion on Saturday for a special commemoration day. The English-born star read the 1916 Proclamation at the event to honour three north Kerry men who died in the Rising and hundreds of people showed up for the afternoon. He arrived with […]

The success of recovery is in discovery Look for the extraordinary in the ordinary Smile This is the second line of my personal mantra. One thing is for sure, if we are looking for the extraordinary around us we don’t have to look too far. There are a few basic […]

  THE man who shot to fame by singing ‘Mr Brightside’ in Falveys’s Bar in Killorglin in tribute to his friend Ger Foley, was on the Ray Darcy show on RTE on Saturday night with Ger’s wife Grainne. Grainne told Ray about  how Ger had a double lung transplant 13 […]

ACTOR Dominic West was in Ballybunion today for a special 1916 commemoration event. The star of The Wire and The Affair was there to read the 1916 Proclamation at the event in Scoil Iosagain which honoured three north Kerry men the O’Rahilly, Michael Mulvihill and Paddy Shortis – who died […]

Bella Bia Ivy Terrace WHERE do I start with Bella Bia? The ‘sacred cow’ of Tralee dining, praise for Bella Bia is so universal that I almost feel any criticism of the culinary experience would result in an angry mob outside my house with burning sods of turf on pikes demanding […]

THE construction of an industrial building in Fenit Harbour is taking shape. Liebherr began work on the unit in January of last year and looks now to be in the latter stages of construction. The structure consists of a hall and administrative building intended for final assembly of components prior to loading […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Kerry v Cork, Allianz National League Division 1 (Round 7) fixture at Austin Stack Park on Sunday at 2pm…  IS it just me or has this been one of the most enjoyable instalments of Allianz National League football we’ve seen in a while? With all […]

THE rise in new motor sales in Kerry continued in March with 543 vehicles sold compared to 418 in the same month in 2015, a rise of 29.9%. It’s continues the trend from the start of the year where there has been a 34% rise in new registrations compared to the […]

  The Kerry Senior Football Team to play Cork in Round 7 of the Allianz Football League in Austin Stack Park Tralee on Sunday (2:00pm Live on TG4) shows four changes in personnel from the side that defeated Monaghan in Round 6. Brendan Kealy starts in goal in place of […]

AT an special house in Killerisk, newly elected Fianna Fáil TD, John Brassil, helped launch Organ Donor Awareness Week which runs from April 2-9. The purpose of the week is to raise awareness of the Irish Kidney Association and the importance of carrying a donor card. The launch took place at the […]

‘ON Doubt’, an exhibition by artist, Denis Buckley, has opened in Siamsa Tíre, Tralee. Originally from Killarney, Denis Buckley’s latest work explores doubt in the life of an artist. His Unfinished & Abandoned 2016 Painting, almost 5 metres in width and 2 metres high, opens a conversation on doubt and failure and explores why […]